//Writing a file...
try {
// catches IOException below
final String TESTSTRING = new String("Hello Android");
/* We have to use the openFileOutput()-method
* the ActivityContext provides, to
* protect your file from others and
* This is done for security-reasons.
* We chose MODE_WORLD_READABLE, because
* we have nothing to hide in our file */
FileOutputStream fOut = openFileOutput("samplefile.txt",
MODE_WORLD_READABLE);
OutputStreamWriter osw = new OutputStreamWriter(fOut);
// Write the string to the file
osw.write(TESTSTRING);
/* ensure that everything is
* really written out and close */
osw.flush();
osw.close();
//Reading the file back...
/* We have to use the openFileInput()-method
* the ActivityContext provides.
* Again for security reasons with
* openFileInput(...) */
FileInputStream fIn = openFileInput("samplefile.txt");
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(fIn);
/* Prepare a char-Array that will
* hold the chars we read back in. */
char[] inputBuffer = new char[TESTSTRING.length()];
// Fill the Buffer with data from the file
isr.read(inputBuffer);
// Transform the chars to a String
String readString = new String(inputBuffer);
// Check if we read back the same chars that we had written out
boolean isTheSame = TESTSTRING.equals(readString);
Log.i("File Reading stuff", "success = " + isTheSame);
} catch (IOException ioe)
{ioe.printStackTrace();}